A/N: This story and others will be on hiatus. For I am making another story, which I will be continuing continuously. All I need is 2 authors permission to use one character's characteristic and one authors format.
Disclaimer: Me no own!
Kagome called over Misaki's friends and planned a surprise celebration party. They agreed that they would host it at Kagome's house, for it was bigger and had a lot of space. Tamayo did her usual greeting, knocking out Kotaro, she then told Misaki that Kagome planned the celebration at her house, and named it "Suzuhara Misaki's Inevitable Victory at the National Tournament Congratulations Party."
"If that's the case, just go and win the championship altogether!" Tamayo cheered.
"That's impossible." A voice ranged out behind them. Looking back, they spotted Hatoko with Kagome.
"Hatoko-chan and Kagome-chan!" Misaki greeted them.
They both had a serious face on, and Misaki felt more nervous.
"If Misaki remains this way, she wont make it to the National Tournament." Hatoko said, with Kagome nodding.
Sitting on a bench, Hatoko informed them the rules, while Kagome adds her two cents in.
"The rules for the National Tournament have changed to round matches." Hatoko informed them.
"Like in boxing?" Tamayo asked, also curious.
"Yes. You fight for three minutes and rest for a minute." Kagome said, infront of them, leaning on a tree.
Tamayo, Misaki, and Hatoko looked towards her and they looked back into the book, when she pointed at it.
"And you can repair your angel while you are resting." Hatoko said, finishing what Kagome was going to say.
"Oh, is that so..." Misaki commented.
"From now until the National Tournament, you'll have to designate a Second." Hatoko said, while the two others questioned what a Second is.
"A Second is a person who does things like repair a hurt Angel, and deliver messages to the Deus during a match." Kagome told them, while Hatoko nodded with each word she said.
"I see..." Tamayo said, while looking more into the book. "So if Misaki doesn't have a Second, she can't enter the National Tournament."
"My Second can be anyone?" Misaki asked.
"Yeah, but it's good if the person is somebody who knows the Deus well." Hatoko told her.
"A person that knows me well?" Misaki questioned.
Misaki, Shouko, Tamayo, Hatoko, and Kotaro all sat waiting for their destination to come. They know that Kagome is hosting the party at her house, but it was the first time that they've been invited to her house, besides Shouko.
Arriving at a huge gate with barbed electric wires and security guards posted here and there with various kinds of mean looking dogs, they looked out the window while it was closed, for they wouldn't want the paparazzi to take pictures and have more questions raised.
They felt the vehicle moved and they're all amazed. They were actually on the driveway to the villa. There was about half a mile road left to travel, and they passed the gate two minutes ago, but they didn't bother looking at the guards.
Feeling the limo stop, the five of them got out, and stared at the villa-mansion-palace-hotel er... very very very huge house. It was shaped like one of those Gothic houses you see in England, it spread out across the cliff edge, surrounded by beautiful breathtaking gardens and shady benches under the willow trees. The five tried to see where the garden ended, but it seems like it stretched on and on and on forever. They spotted some koi ponds and beautiful fountains with mythical creatures carved, and it made it seem like a fairy tale. Everything swayed to the peaceful breeze from the ocean coast, but the sun shone brightly, making everything seem ten times more beautiful.
"Beautiful right?" A voice ranged out behind them, making them all yelp for they were too captivated by the garden to notice anyone behind them.
Turning to the voice, they spotted Kagome, waving on the steps of the house.
"You have a beautiful garden." Misaki told her, while the others nodded.
Blushing, Kagome thanked them. "I told onii-sama that I wanted a garden, and he hired some gardeners to make this. I just came up where the flowers and plants go. But when it rains, it's not a happy sight." She winked at them.
The five of them found that hard to believe. They all looked over at the long drive way which they just traveled on. It disappeared over the distance, and they couldn't spot the gate which led them inside.
"Well come on in. My onii-sama should be getting off work soon, so we'll see him later." Kagome led them through the house until they reached the back, known as the living room. Four gasps were heard when they looked at the sight the greeted them. The backyard was more like a sports arena. An Olympic style pool, with waterfalls and a water slide, on the other side was a tennis court and a track. Beyond that, they sighed at the scene. The ocean was beautifully blue, with the sun shining down on it, making it sparkle. It was breathtaking.
Misaki went to the kitchen to help bring out the food, while the other three rearranged the furniture. "A Second, huh? Somebody who knows a lot about me and is knowledgeable about Angelic Layer, Hatoko-chan and Kagome-chan said." Thinking of someone she nodded. "Definitely..."
They stood around the table with various of foods that the chefs made.
"For now on we say to Suzuhara Misaki, the Kantou Tournament champion." Tamayo shouted.
"Cheers" They held up their drinks and took a sip.
"But I still can't believe Misaki won!" Shouko said, proud of her niece.
"I can't even believe it myself." Misaki said.
"Well... I believed it from the beginning, that Misaki would become strong." Hatoko praised her.
"Really? Is that true?" Kotaro questioned.
"I'm the first one who met Misaki. So, I know the most about Misaki." Hatoko said, taking a drink of her apple cider.
"Tamayo-chan saw right through it too! Misakichi's real ability." Tamayo said too.
"You gotta try hard at the National Tournament if that much is expected of you, Misaki." Shouko said, while Kagome nodded.
Tamayo dig into the food that she grabbed from the food table, and began to eat. She soon squealed and has tears of happiness flow down her cheek. Swallowing she turned to Kagome, wiping the tears away.
"Oh my god! Kagome-chan. The food is so good!" She praised her.
Rubbing the back of her head, she giggled. "Well I told the chefs to make the food, so you can go praise them. I just told them that I'm going to throw a party for my friends, and they worked extra hard to bring you guys to tears, which I can see happened."
The others dug in, and they soon followed Tamayo's expressions.
"Oh! While we're on the topic, have you chosen your Second yet, Suzuhara?" Kotaro asked.
Hatoko stiffen and looked at Misaki, waiting for her answer. "Well, I've been thinking about it a lot, and because of that, I have a request for Hatoko-chan." Misaki said, while looking at her.
Hatoko took a sip of her drink, "Nani?"
"In the National Tournament, my Secon..."
Ding-dong
She was soon interrupted by the door bell. Kagome got up and walked towards the door, as Misaki wondered who that could have been.
Could if be Sis? Shouko wondered.
Kagome came back with Ringo, which soon ran to Misaki and popped a party popper at her. Red, yellow, blue and small little colorful papers fell to the floor.
"Congratulations to Champion Misakichi!" She shouted, happily.
"Ringo-san! What are you going here?" Misaki asked.
"I invited her over, since she also wanted to celebrate your victory."
"Ah, Kagome-chan also knows Ringo-san?" She asked.
"Yup. We go way back." They both winked at each other and giggled.
Misaki was soon surrounded with boxes various of size and wrappings. "And this is the new CD that is going to be released next week," she held up a CD case, "and a cell phone strap, calendar, and a pencil case." She said, handing the bag full of items to her.
"Arigato, Ringo-san!"
"I have somebody to introduce to you today." Ringo told her.
"Huh?"
Reaching up to her hat, she lifted up, and a small hamster sat up on her head.
"Her name is Misatarou."
"That's my name!" She looked at the hamster.
"Sorry for using it without asking first." Ringo told her. She then turned to Kagome. "It's alright, if she stays here?" she asked.
"Yeah, just don't let her lose. Onii-sama would kill me if he sees a hamster in the house when he gets back." Kagome told her.
"Nah, I'm happy!" Bringing up a hand to the hamster, she let it sniff it until it would let her pet it. "Nice to meet you, Misatarou.
Ding-dong
They all looked at Kagome, when she went to the door once again, and they wondered who else she invited. Few moments later, Kaede and Sai appeared holding gifts. "Congratulations on the championship." Kaede told her.
The doorbell ranged again, and this time Ohjiro came holding some flowers for Misaki. "Congrats on the championship, Misaki-chan." He gave her the flowers to hold, while one of the maid went to get a vase for the flowers.
"Well well, a bouquet of roses, huh? He really did it, the 'Prince'." Tamayo said, and she turned to Kotaro. "Why don't you act like that, Kotarou-chan?" she asked.
"Bah! Be quiet!" he said, with a blush on his cheeks.
"Giving floral bouquets to girls as a present is a basic thing, right Kagome-chan?" Kaede asked, turning to Kagome.
Groaning, she leaned against the table. "Don't remind me. I get various of flowers on my desk, shoe locker, school bag, everywhere from middle school."
"Leaving noting left is the point." Sai said.
"Is that so?" Kotaro asked.
"Kotaro-chan has a person he wants to give to." Tamayo said, informing Misaki.
"Everyone gathering here in Kagome's house like this... I didn't think it could be." Misaki said bashfully.
"Because everybody likes Misaki!" Hatoko told her.
"Even Hatoko-chan?" Misaki asked which produced a blush on Hatoko's face.
"Thats right! I have something for you. Wait, okay?" Hatoko said, while she went to ask one of the maids to take her to where they put people's belongs at.
"Kagome-sama, Sesshoumaru-sama is on the phone." A elderly male voice came behind her.
Turning Kagome thanked the butler, and placed the phone against her ear. After a few moments, she nodded, and gave the phone back to the waiting butler. "That was my onii-sama, he said that he'll be home soon."
"Your onii-sama is coming back? Ooh, I can't wait to meet him. Is it true, that if he glares, the room becomes colder?" Yamayo asked.
"Oh yeah, it does. It happened to me a lot of times, when I get in trouble."
"Kagome's brother is Sesshoumaru Tashio, owner of Tashio Mdeical and Weapon Corp?" Kaede asked.
"Yup. Have you heard of him?" Kagome asked.
Kaede soon went off into her dream land of the handsome Ice King. Her face was soon flushed as her imagination took over.
"Hey Misaki-chan." Ohjiro called to her.
"Hm...?"
"They say you haven't decided on a Second yet?" He asked her.
"Hai." She said, looking down at the food before her. "However, my Second is..."
"I"ll do it!" Ringo shouted, raising her hand up.
"Eh?"
"Since your an idol, aren't you busy?" Kotaro questioned.
"Well, I was thinking about going to the National Tournament, so I left my schedule open. Ahhhh, I'm so unstylish! Because of that, let's face the stars of Angelic Layer together, okay Misakichi?" Ringo told her, while in the back ground, Hatoko held her blue laptop awaiting Misaki's answer.
"Yeah, that's right." she answered, her heart not really into it as her head hit her chest. "It's reassuring... if Ringo-san is my Second."
Kagome coming up from behind Hatoko was at and heard that Ringo was going to be Misaki's Second, she knew that her expression dropped. Placing her hand on top of her head, she gave the little girl a small ruffle on her head and a winked, when Hatoko looked at her.
"How about we have a match? To be Misaki's Second?" Kagome voiced out and everyone turned to look at her.
"A match? What kind?" Ohjiro asked.
"Come to the living room, I had to move something extremely heavy there, that's why I was absent from most of the discussion." Kagome said, as she lead the way to their destination.
A/N
Ta da! I updated… I actually had this for a while, planning to finish it with the episode but I got lazy.
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